noun
General Slang
coney
· noun · midwest
A Detroit-style chili dog — and the diner that serves it 24/7.
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Definitions
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A natural-casing beef hot dog in a steamed bun, topped with an all-beef, no-bean chili sauce, yellow mustard and a heap of diced raw onion. Detroit eats them at 3am after the bars, usually at a 'coney island' — the local term for the diners that specialise in them (American and Lafayette being the legendary rivals downtown).
“Two coneys, fries, and a Vernors — same as always.”
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Short for 'coney island', the diner itself. In metro Detroit, 'let's hit a coney' means the restaurant, not the sandwich.
“There's a coney on every other corner out by Dearborn.”
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coney In A Sentence
Two coneys, fries, and a Vernors — same as always.
There's a coney on every other corner out by Dearborn.
Origin & Usage
Brought to Detroit in the 1910s by Greek and Macedonian immigrants who'd passed through Coney Island, New York on arrival and named their hot-dog stands after it.
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